Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921
Belongs to Peniculauris according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Peniculauris bassi, Peniculauris costata, Peniculauris imitata, Peniculauris ivesi, Peniculauris peniculifera, Peniculauris subcostata
Type specimen: USNM 148835a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM702c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope/ramp reef limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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